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  1. Lucy Meets the Burtons (1970 Television)

    Series
    Here’s Lucy
    Director
    Jerry Paris
    Producer
    Cleo Smith

    US sitcom. Guest appearances from Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. Richard Burton had recently bought Taylor a 69-carat diamond ring, a gift which features prominently in the episode (Lucy gets the ring...

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  2. Taming of the Shrew, The (1967 Film, Video)

    Director
    Franco Zeffirelli
    Producer
    Franco Zeffirelli; Richard Burton; Elizabeth Taylor

    Feature film version of the play. A bawdy and boisterous production, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, which reduces the play to the Katharina/Petruccio romance

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  3. Cleopatra (1963 Film)

    Director
    Joseph L Mankiewicz
    Producer
    Walter Wanger

    Feature film which made its own myths as the love affair between Antony and Cleopatra was lived in real-life in the well-publicised Burton-Taylor romance. The hugely expensive sets, and Taylor’s protracted...

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